8vo. Pp. [viii], 166. Pictorial wraps.
A Spotted Owl Award Nominee for Best Novel. The eighth Aurelio Zen book and sequel to Blood Rain. Recovering from a bomb attack, Zen is lying low at a Tuscan coastal resort while dodging the Mafia. The first three in the series, Ratking (1988), Vendetta (1990), and Cabal (1992), were filmed in Rome and broadcast on BBC One in January 2011, with Rufus Sewell in the role of detective Aurelio Zen. "Among British crime writers, he remains very much the man to beat. No one else can match him for style, for imagination, or for sheer beastliness." –Sunday Telegraph